Historical Figures in Mathematics

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Which mathematician is known for introducing the plus sign (+)?

Nicole Oresme

Which mathematician is known for their theorem on the diagonals of a cyclical quadrilateral?

Claudius Ptolemy

Who is credited with introducing the radical sign in mathematics?

Christoff Rudolf

Which mathematician is known for their work in analytic geometry and the modern symbols in radical with vinculum?

<p>Rene Descartes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is known for their Fibonacci sequence, a famous number sequence?

<p>Leonardo Fibonacci</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for their contributions to the field of Algebra, especially the law of exponents?

<p>Al-Khwarizmi</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for introducing the Leibniz rule and the modern symbol for integration?

<p>Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for his special rule for limits that states the limit of $f(x)/g(x)$ as $x$ approaches a certain value is equal to the quotient of the value substituted on the partial derivative of $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ provided that $f(x)/g(x)$ is indeterminate?

<p>Guillaume de L'Hospital</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for introducing the Fano plane, a projective plane having 7 points and 7 lines?

<p>Gino Fano</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for his Euler's number (e) and modern symbols for differentiation?

<p>Leonhard Euler</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for devising the three planetary laws and concluding that the orbit of the planets are elliptical?

<p>Johannes Kepler</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is known for his Hilbert's problem that composes of difficult math problems that cannot be solved?

<p>David Hilbert</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is known as the Father of Algebra?

<p>Diophantus</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician proved that the triangle inscribed in a semicircle is a right triangle?

<p>Thales of Miletus</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who introduced numerology and the concept of horoscope according to numbers?

<p>Pythagoras</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician attempted to find the value of pi?

<p>Archimedes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who devised the trigonometric tables using the chords of the circle?

<p>Hipparchus</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mathematician is famous for calculating Earth's circumference through shadows?

<p>Eratosthenes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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